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Wow a cool discovery. article from slashdot.org: Saturn’s Moons Built From Ring Material Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday December 07, @09:04AM from the lookit-all-them-moons-up-there dept. LiquidCoooled writes “Two of Saturn’s small moons look eerily like flying saucers, new observations by the Cassini spacecraft reveal. The moons, which lie within the giant planet’s rings, may have…

Not good for People applying for passports in Canada. Article from Slashdot.org: Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 05, @05:26AM from the didn’t-need-that-old-identity-anyhow dept. Joanna Karczmarek sends us news of a massive privacy breach in the Government of Canada passport website. “A security flaw in Passport Canada’s website…

This is sad and getting sadder by the moment. article from Slashdot.org: Microsoft Fueling HD Wars For Own Benefit? Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @09:23AM from the well-they-ain’t-running-a-charity-over-there dept. DaveyJJ writes “According to Transformers’ director Michael Bay, in a story over on Electronista, Microsoft is deliberately feeding into the HD disc format wars…

Wow American congress does not want to fund people to go to Mars. Article from slashdot.org: How To Beat Congress’s Ban Of Humans On Mars Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @11:00AM from the or-just-stop-spending-on-wars dept. An anonymous reader writes “Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans…

Microsoft will be withdrawing its anti-piracy tool, named “kill switch”, which disables Vista if it is believed to be an illegal copy. This decision was a result from an outcry of complainants. The tool has suffered from glitches since it was introduced with some users claiming that their legal copies of Vista had been disabled.…

Here is a question for all those people who need an opensource calendar. Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 29, @12:30PM from the date-for-a-date dept. Jim R. Wilson writes “In past jobs, I’ve used Microsoft Outlook/Exchange, Novell Groupwise, and Google Calendar for handling business appointments. I’m sorry to say…